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Without getting into the debate about the quality of Model Power vs Kato / Atlas (yes I know the latter two are better), does anyone have any experience with the Model Power FP7As - Ie do they run ok (with DCC which they say are compatible with) or are they cr....p? I desparately want to outfit...

Jason, I know how hard it is (and expensive) to get resources at home. If I can help in anyway from the North American end let me know (this goes to any other Kiwi / Aussie modellers as well). By the way, as much as I love LOTR, at 6ft tall I get enough schick at work being called a...

Thanks but they must be gone.....couldn't find them

Actually, my layout (13' x 6' in a U shape) loosely represents the Kettle Valley and Crowsnest Pass.....with a lot of licence thrown in! Still in the benchwork / tracklaying stages. I kid myself that the "Canadian" runs through instead of going through Kicking Horse Pass pulled by my E8s. Will...

Thanks Mike....I started in the early 80s (as a Teenager). First loco was an Atlas - Riverossi E8 in B & O colours with the vertical motor (not sure what the motor is exactly called) and the small pick-up shoes. It still runs like the dog it is! (not very well!) I still have it and want to...

Thanks for the distinctions....you learn something new everyday! Can still dream about having a few FP7As one day on my layout that work better than the Life Like loco I have now....A FP7A / B / A consist really would be great...technically I can't run my Kato E8s over the Rockies as they...

If the tooth fairy arrived tonight (and I still had baby teeth!!!), I would wish for an Atlas or Kato F7 (A and B Units) in CP Tuscon colours (not fussed on Block or Script - either would do!) Must have room for a decoder! I know Kato have just put out F7 A units in lots of US road schemes -...

Sorry.....I meant Silver Fern!

Steve, Nice to see some good old NZ Locos.....I used to be a regular on the J'ville line in Wellington as a kid. Also took the Siver Fren and Northerner a number of times.